War, Family And Puerto Rican Heritage Come Together In Curious Theatre's Latest Show

Audio: Chip Walton and Thony Mena speak with Ryan Warner

"Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue" by Pultizer-Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes is about the legacy of war and how that gets passed down through a family. It runs at Denver's Curious Theatre Company March 12 - April 23.

Michael R. Duran as Grandpop plays Bach on a flute that serves as a musical link between the three generations in Hudes' play. Thony Mena, who plays Elliot, is in the foreground.

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A soldier's experience of war as told through three generations of a Puerto Rican family. That's the crux of a play opening at Denver's Curious Theatre Company on Saturday. "Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue" is the first installment of a trilogy by Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes. The theater presents Hudes' subsequent plays -- "Water by the Spoonful" and "The Happiest Song Plays Last" -- during the 2016-2017 season.